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To scrape, wouldn't Microsoft need to be following up to the followed clicks by sending a search query to Google? If that was happening, I'm pretty sure that G
by chalst 16y ago
To scrape, wouldn't Microsoft need to be following up to the followed clicks by sending a search query to Google? If that was happening, I'm pretty sure that Google would have said so.
- matthewcford 16y agoThe scraping could be done client side, after users perform the search, just send all the data to MS. It would be interesting to see where the law comes down on tracking clicks for a competitive advantage. I doubt anything will get past handbags at dawn, as it could draw attention to click tracking on ads, and no-one want that.
- chalst 16y agoGood point. This would require that the Bing toolbar be sending requests to Google, right?